Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

He couldn't understand how he was awarded medals and honors for clubbing and bayoneting people, and be called a barbarian for killing seals.

Geoff Butler

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

Robert Anton Wilson

I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched.

Jonah Hill

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

Moon Unit Zappa

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.

Gautama Buddha

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

Annette Funicello

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

Ronald Reagan

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of darkness

Bertrand Russell

I hate science fiction.

James Dyson

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.

Frank Butler

Art doesn't last, Life doesn't last, it doesn't matter., Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse